“You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating…” — Roger Ebert

It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

One sign of a great actor is when he can be alone by himself on the screen, doing almost nothing, and producing one of a film's defining moments.

One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in twisty plot lines.